An AppleCare adviser speaking to MacRumors affirms this notion as US iPhone buyers can now opt-in to an AppleCare+ extended warranty within a year of purchase, longer than the previous 60-day limit. Customers can essentially chain AppleCare+ right off the basic one-year warranty period. The policy applies to new purchases and ones made up to a year ago.

You can check your coverage eligibility here. We don’t see these changes being made outside of the iPhone or the United States.

Jules Wang is News Editor for Pocketnow and one of the hosts of the Pocketnow Weekly Podcast. He came onto the team in 2014 as an intern editing and producing videos and the podcast while he was studying journalism at Emerson College. He graduated the year after and entered into his current position at Pocketnow, full-time.